Mouakad v. Ross

The Temporary City Housing Bent Commission is charged under Local Law No. 54 of 1947 of the City of New York with the authority and duty of effectuating the policies of the law, including making such adjustments in maximum rents as may be necessary to correct inequalities. The commission is an administrative agency, and in its consideration of the application of the Hotel Martinique, Inc., for an increase in the rent of controlled rooms acted in an administrative capacity. The commission, in this respect at least, was not acting in a judicial capacity or as a quasi judicial body, and it was…